Mercedes-AMG 2012 W03 - Part II

Remember you can trade-off straight line speed for more downforce. If you know you naturally have a fast car in a straight line, you can put on a bit extra wing that whilst removing your advantage in a straight-line will balance out corner performance.

Massa blocked Schumacher didn't he? Disappointing 3 tenths off in first sector should have put him on target for 3rd-5th. Not 9th. So this isn't a representable time for Mercedes, Rosberg is more realistic, although I think Schumacher should have been ahead of him. Should have put in a better first lap.

But still, it's a good position to start from tomorrow, not quite as in Monaco in qualifying it seems but maybe race pace wise we can beat one or two of the cars in front and the podium has to be the goal."

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I can still hope for a podium finish tomorrow as we have worked very hard on our race pace over the weekend. That's why I feel quite positive because the race will depend on good tyre management as the key factor."

Well as I meant I assume Merc have geared lower than the other teams I don't see how all the teams can have geared lower than all the teams. They haven't been very high in any speed trap this season iirc but I may be wrong.Edit: Remember they can't change gear ratios between qualy and the race.

According to Sky F1 Mercedes don't like to give too much away about failures and reliability of their F1 car because it reflects poorly on their commercial brand image.

So the way I see it is if you buy a Mercedes road car, don't take it to the official dealership because they'll screw everything up. Wheels will fall off, the gearbox will break, hydraulics will fail and you'll be crashed into by a Frenchman as you pull off the forecourt.

According to Sky F1 Mercedes don't like to give too much away about failures and reliability of their F1 car because it reflects poorly on their commercial brand image.

So the way I see it is if you buy a Mercedes road car, don't take it to the official dealership because they'll screw everything up. Wheels will fall off, the gearbox will break, hydraulics will fail and you'll be crashed into by a Frenchman as you pull off the forecourt.

I assume they just geared lower for the race, as they've done a lot this season.

This can be the case for the max rpm on the longest straight but not for the intermediate speedtrap since the car isn't rpm limited there. As mentioned Rosberg/Schumacher were frequently placed under the Top 6 intermediate speedtrap list. This is the first race they weren't.

This can be the case for the max rpm on the longest straight but not for the intermediate speedtrap since the car isn't rpm limited there. As mentioned Rosberg/Schumacher were frequently placed under the Top 6 intermediate speedtrap list. This is the first race they weren't.

Ah I see, more downforce then perhaps, although I don't know why. I can't see that their top speed has just disappeared though, surely it must be something they've done on the car for a reason?

According to Sky F1 Mercedes don't like to give too much away about failures and reliability of their F1 car because it reflects poorly on their commercial brand image.

So the way I see it is if you buy a Mercedes road car, don't take it to the official dealership because they'll screw everything up. Wheels will fall off, the gearbox will break, hydraulics will fail and you'll be crashed into by a Frenchman as you pull off the forecourt.

They faced similar problem when they bought into Ilmore works. Fans, especially on this forum, fondly reffered to those units as an "Ilmore" engine every time it had any success, minimal as that was long time ago, and as "Mercedes" engine every time it blew up. That period has of course is now a historical footnote.